Coin box



April 1942- w. J. ENGLERT I COIN BOX Filed Feb. 7, 1939 INVENTOR.

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COIN BOX Application February 7, 1939, Serial No. 255,091

2 Claims.

My invention relates to coin banks.

An object of my invention is to provide a simplified coin bank of thegeneral type disclosed in United States Letters Patent, No. 1,909,214,issued May 16, 1933, to Peter J. Nagle.

Another object of my invention is to provide a coin bank which may beinexpensively and easily fabricated, mat be quickly assembled, and whichis rugged and strong in use.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be particularlypointed out in the claims, and will be apparent from the followingdescription, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, inwhich:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a blank cut and scored for forming the closuremember of the coin bank of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a view showing the outer shell or tube of the coin bank;

Fig. 3 is a view showing the blank of Fig. 1 folded and ready forinsertion in the tube of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view of the coin bank assembled;

Fig. 5 is a view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 7 is a view showing a section through a scored portion of theblank, as, for example, on the line l! of Fig. 1.

The coin bank of my invention comprises an outer hollow shell or tube,generally indicated by the numeral ll (Fig. 2), and a blank, generallyindicated by the numeral i2 (Fig. 1), which, when cut and scored asshown in Fig. 1, may be folded with the parts interfitting into aclosure, as shown in Fig. 3, for telescopic insertion in the tube 1 I.

The hollow shell or tube II is preferably rectangular in cross sectionand is open at its upper and lower ends l3 and M. The tube is formedpreferably of a single blank of paper, cardboard, pasteboard, or othersuitable material. The blank is scored by making parallel incisions H5in the paper board, which extend part way therethrough so as to formsections IT, IS, I9, 2| and 22. After the blank has been scored it isfolded on the score lines with the sections 2| and 22 overlapped andpreferably adhesively secured together. The hollow shell or tube thusformed is a parallelepiped with open ends [3 and Ill.

The closure l2 (Fig. 1) is also formed from a single blank of paper,cardboard, pasteboard, or other suitable material. The blank is out tothe shape shown in Fig. 1 and sectionalized by score lines 23, 23', 24,24', 25, 25', 26, 2B, 21 and 21. In addition, the blank is provided withincisions 28, 29, 30 and 3!. The blank cut and scored as shown thuscomprises what may be termed a cover flap 32, a cover 33, a pair oftongues 34 and 34', a central side wall 36, side walls 31 and 37',bottom flaps 38 and 38', a bottom 39, and a bottom flap 41. The cover isprovided with a coin slot 42 of a length sufficient to receive thelargest coin for which the bank is desired.

After the blank has been cut and scored as above described, the blank isfolded, as shown in Fig. 3, with the side walls 31 and 31' parallel toeach other. The bottom 39 is folded on the score line 23 and the flaps39 and 38' on the score lines 24 and 26 so as to form a bottom for theclosure and the flap '4! is folded on the score line 2'! to extendbetween the side walls 31 and 31. The cover 33 is folded on the scoreline 23 so as to form a cover for the closure and the flap 32 isfolde'don the score line 21 so as .to extend between the side walls '31and 31.

The cover 33 and the bottom 39 are preferably slightly wider than theside wall 36. This increase in width of the bottom and coverpiece overthat of the side wall 36, preferably twice the thickness of the materialof the blank, is to compensate for the thickness of the material, sothat when'the closure is folded to the position of parts shown in Fig.'3, the side edges (89 of the cover and the side edges 43' of the bottomwill'lie in the plane of the outer surfaces of the side walls 3'! and31'.

The flap sections 32 and M are preferably made slightly narrower thanthe cover 33. and the bottom 39, as shown at 44. This difference inwidth is also preferably twice the thickness of the material of theblank. Further, the side walls 3'! and 31 extend beyond the edges of thetongues 34 and 34 and bottom flaps 38 and 38", as shown'at 36. Thus whenthe closure has its parts positioned as shown in Fig. 3, the side edgesof the flap 32 lie between and butt against the inner surfaces of theside walls 31 and 31', as shown at 41. Similarly, the side edges of theflap 4! lie between and butt against the inner surfaces of the sidewalls 31 and 31', as shown at 48. The flaps 32 and 4!, as will beapparent,

act as compression members between the side,

walls 31 and 31', so that the closure will with-, stand an appreciablecrushing force applied on the side walls 3'1 in the direction indicatedby the arrows A in Fig. 3.

The score lines 24 and 24' are preferably spaced apart a lesser distancethan the score lines 23 and 23'. That is, the score line 24 is lowerthan the score line 23 by a single thickness of the blank, while thescore line 24' is higher than the score line 23 by a single thickness ofthe blank, so that when the tongue 34 and the bottom flap 38 are foldedinward, the tongue 34 will snugly fit beneath the cover 33 withoutcausing strain along the score line 23 while the bottom flap 38 willsnugly fit above the bottom 39 without causing undue strain along thescore line 23'. Similarly, the score line 26 is lower than the scoreline 23 by two thicknesses of the material of the blank, so that thetongue 34 will lie below the tongue 34. Further the score line 26 isabove the score line 23' by two thicknesses of the blank, so that thebottom flap 38' will lie above the bottom flap 38.

It will further be noted that the edge SI of the bottom flap 38, when inthe position shown in Fig. 3, engages the side wall 31, so that the flap38' serves a a compression member to aid in resisting a crushing forcein the direction of the arrows A at the lower part of the closure. Thetongues 34 and 34, when the closure has its parts positioned as shown inFig. 3, slightly overlap each other so as to provide a trap door adaptedto be released by a coin and through which the coins are pushed. Thespring or natural tendency of the stock of the tongues 34 and 34 is tohold them in a position to close the coin slot 42. The tongue 34 tendsto exert an upward pressure on the tongue 34.

After the closure has been folded as shown in Fig. 3, it may betelescopically inserted in shell or tube I I with the open side of theclosure preferably facing on the wall 2| of the tube. The structure thusprovided has a double thickness of material on all sides, as shown inFigs. 5 and 6. After the closure has been inserted in the tube H, thebank as a, whole may be covered with paper ornamented or printed in anysuitable manner. Preferably, the enveloping paper or other covering forthe bank is an integral blank having six sides folded around the fourwalls of the tube, the bottom 39 and the top 33. The paper covering issuitably overlapped as shown at 54 with the overlapped portionsadhesively secured together so that the paper covering acts to retainthe closure l2 in assembled relation with the tube I I. The papercovering is also provided with a coin slot 51 in registry with the coinslot 42 in the closure I2.

The coin bank of my invention consists of only two main parts, theclosure I2 and the tube I I, and may be quickly fabricated andassembled, and is exceedingly sturdy in use. I prefer to employ anenveloping wrapper to retain the closure and the tube I I in assembledrelation. However, if desired, suitable printed, ornamental or othermatter may be placed on the walls formed by the tube II and the closureI2 and the wrapper eliminated. If the wrapper is eliminated the tube IIand the closure I2 may be retained in assembled relation by adhesive.Although I have shown the preferred form of my invention, it will beapparent that various changes and modifications may be made therein,particularly in the form and relation of the parts, without departingfrom the spirit of my invention as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A coin bank comprising a four-sided tubular outer body open at bothends, and an inner body within said outer body, said inner body havingthree hingedly-connected side walls lying against the inner surfaces ofthree of the walls of said outer body, a flap hinged to the bottom edgeof each of the three side walls of said inner body, said flapsoverlapping each other and forming a closure for the bottom of saidbody, a flap hinged to the top'edge of each of at least two of the threeside walls of said inner body, said flaps overlapping each other andforming a closure for the top of said body, the outermost one of thetophinged flaps having a coin-insertion slot therein, the flap beneathsaid coin slot being mounted for downward swinging movement uponinsertion of a coin, one of the top-hinged flaps and'one of thebottom-hinged flaps each having hinged to that edge of the flap which isadjacent the fourth side of the inner body a supplementary flap, the twosupplementary flaps extending toward each other, partially closing thefourth side of the inner body and being located between and abuttingagainst the inner surfaces of the two opposite side walls of said innerbody to prevent inward collapse of said side walls toward each other, atsaid fourth side.

2. A coin bank comprising a blank scored, folded, and adhesively securedtogether so as to form a hollow body open at both ends, a second blankscored and folded to form a closure member for the open ends of thehollow body and adapted to be telescopically inserted in said hollowbody, said closure member comprising at least three side walls havingtheir side edges joined by score lines and lying when the bank isassemblcd'in parallel underlying relation with three of the side wallsof the hollow body, a top wall having a slot, a bottom wall, said topand bottom walls extending from the ends of the center side wall of theclosure member, said top and bottom walls having flaps adapted to befolded toward each other to at least partly form a fourth side wall forthe closure member, said flaps having their side edges lying between andbutting against the other two side walls of the closure member to aid instrengthening the structure against collapse, and said two other"closure member side walls having flaps at their upper and lower edges,the upper flaps partly overlying each other to form a yielding trap forcoins, and the lower flaps overlying each other to stiffen the bottom ofthe structure.

WALTER J. ENGLERT.

